Comparison

Remote Buddy Mobile 2 vs Straddled

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

Control your Mac from your iPhone or iPad. Use it as a trackpad, keyboard, or for app-specific controls and media playback. Mirror your Mac's screen and manage power functions remotely.

Highlights
  • Remote control for 100+ Mac apps
  • Multi-touch trackpad with Mousespot
  • Web video playback control
  • Screen mirroring up to 60fps
  • Keyboard and numpad input
  • Power actions and Wake-On-LAN
  • Secure TLS connection
Features
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Control your Mac, with your iPhone or iPad acting as trackpad, keyboard, mirrored display and powerful remote control for 100+ Mac apps. Watch web videos and streaming services in Safari or Google Chrome and control playback, speed and volume from the comfort of your couch. Use the built-in, high performance screen sharing to mirror your screen on your device's display and control your Mac from another room. Deliver your presentations with confidence using the multitouch trackpad and its elegant Mousespot highlight. Launch, switch and quit apps - or pick from Remote Buddy's huge library of 1.200+ actions for 100+ popular Mac apps, right from your device. Remote Buddy Mobile is the mobile companion app for Remote Buddy, the remote control app for your Mac. KEY FEATURES • Remote Control Control 100+ popular Mac apps with 1.200+ tailor-made actions. • Multi-touch Trackpad with Mousespot Click, drag, scroll, switch spaces or invoke Mission Control. Want to highlight parts of your presentations? Or looking for the mouse pointer? Remote Buddy's Mousespot spotlight effect is just a tap away! • Shortcut Bar The configurable shortcut bar provides quick access to essential actions for the controlled app in the Remote and Trackpad modes. • Smart Remote Fusing the best parts of remote, trackpad and shortcut bar into a single, app-specific view, Smart Remote puts everything needed to control an app within reach. • Web Video Control Control playback, speed and volume of almost all web videos - without having to fiddle with controls in the browser. Works with YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime, tv.apple.com, Vimeo and many more in Safari and Google Chrome. • Screen Sharing Instantly see your Mac's screen, with up to 60 frames per second. Supports zooming, dragging, clicking, scrolling, multiple displays and more. • Actions and App Control Pick from Remote Buddy's huge library of 1.200+ app-specific actions; launch, switch and quit apps right from your device. Favorite frequently used apps and actions for quick access. • Keyboard and Numpad Type text and numbers into browsers, search fields, editors, spreadsheets and more. Supports modifiers, cursor keys, the iOS keyboard's dictation feature, password manager integration and more. • Power Actions and Wake-On-LAN Save power by putting your Mac to sleep - and wake it up later through Wake-On-LAN. Or initiate a reboot or shut down right from the app. • Audio Settings Change your system's default audio output to a different device or AirPlay target. Control its volume and mute status where supported. • Connection secured with TLS Support for the new Secure Connection feature of Remote Buddy 2.0, keeping your connection private through strong, certificate-based TLS 1.2 encryption. SUPPORTED APPS Some of the Mac apps that Remote Buddy for Mac and – thereby – Remote Buddy Mobile can control out of the box: Acrobat Pro, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Reader, AirFoil, Aperture, Audio Hijack 3, Audirvana, Books, Broadcasts, Calendar, Deckset, DVD Player, Elmedia Video Player, EyeTV, FlexTime, Firefox, GarageBand, Google Chrome, Impress (OpenOffice.org & LibreOffice), iPhoto, iTunes, Keynote, Kodi, Lightroom 1/2/3/4/5/Classic/CC, Mac Blu-Ray Player, Movist, Music, OpenPHT, Photo Booth, Photos, Plex for Mac, Plex Media Player, Podcasts, PowerPoint, Preview, QuickTime Player, Roon, Safari, Skim, Spotify, TV.app, VoodooPad, VLC, XBMC, Yojimbo A complete list of supported apps is available at the Remote Buddy website. If you want us to add support for an app that's not listed there, please let us know through the contact form of our website. HOST REQUIREMENTS Requires a Mac running Remote Buddy 2.0 or later. Remote Buddy 2.0 requires macOS 10.12 or later. Licenses for Remote Buddy for the Mac are sold separately and not part of this app.

About

Straddled

This app helps track the financial outcomes of home poker games. It logs buy-ins, re-buys, and cash-outs, automatically calculating settlements and awarding fun superlatives to players. Generate shareable receipts and track group leaderboards to see who's winning over time.

Highlights
  • Live session tracking
  • One-tap settlement calculation
  • Automatic player superlatives
  • Shareable session receipts
  • Group and personal leaderboards
  • Friend head-to-head records
Features
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Straddled is the home-poker tracker your friend group needs. Log buy-ins and re-buys during the night. When the chips come down, enter cash-outs once — Straddled handles every settlement, every superlative, and a receipt designed to land in your group chat before anyone leaves the table. WHAT YOU GET — Live session tracking Add players (group members or guests), log buy-ins, log re-buys. Anyone can self-report a rebuy mid-hand. Nothing to interrupt the game. — One-tap settlement At cash-out, Straddled runs the math and tells everyone exactly who owes who. No more "I think Mike owes Jake $40, or was it $45?" Net-balance minimization means fewer payments to send. — Superlatives that earn themselves The Shark (biggest winner). The ATM (most re-buys). The Rock (longest stretch on one stack). The Phoenix (came back from the dead). The Iceman (broke even like a sociopath). Awarded automatically from the data — no voting, no arguments. — A receipt your group will actually share Every closed session generates a clean graphic with the winners, the superlatives, and the settlement. Built for screenshots and group-chat brag rights. — Group leaderboards Track who's up across every session. Monthly, yearly, or all-time. Reset whenever the new season starts. — Personal stats Your net across all groups. Win rate. Heat index when you're running good. Charts that show whether you're actually as good as you tell yourself. — Friends Add friends across groups. Check head-to-head records. See whose night you ruined this month. WHAT STRADDLED IS NOT Straddled does not move money. We don't process payments. We don't take a cut. Settlements are IOUs — you Venmo, Zelle, or hand over cash like you always have. Straddled just makes sure the number is right. Built for home games, friend groups, and the kind of night you'll talk about for a week.

Screenshots

Remote Buddy Mobile 24 screens
Straddled4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Straddled at every 2 days against Remote Buddy Mobile 2's every 12 months. Straddled also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Remote Buddy Mobile 2's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Straddled holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Remote Buddy Mobile 2 has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Remote Buddy Mobile 2 ships an update every 12 months, Straddled every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Remote Buddy Mobile 2 versus Straddled: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRemote Buddy Mobile 2Straddled
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (34 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIOSPIRIT GmbHAllen Lai

Customer experience

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

All ratings34 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Straddled

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Remote Buddy Mobile 2

No in-app purchases

None

Straddled

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Remote Buddy Mobile 2 free?
Remote Buddy Mobile 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Straddled free?
Straddled is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Remote Buddy Mobile 2 or Straddled?
Straddled is rated higher. Remote Buddy Mobile 2 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Straddled averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Remote Buddy Mobile 2 or Straddled have ads?
Neither Remote Buddy Mobile 2 nor Straddled shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Remote Buddy Mobile 2 or Straddled?
Remote Buddy Mobile 2 ships an update every 12 months, and Straddled every 2 days. Most recently, Remote Buddy Mobile 2 was updated on October 7, 2026 and Straddled on October 18, 2026.

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